Ex-HMAS Brisbane - 133m long wreck in 5-30m on the Sunshine Coast

[Divectionist]

Probably does the tanks more bad than good.

Mine certainly collect 90% of their scratches during service.

 

[Shasta_man]

Nanny rules usually come because the kids were dying too often.

 

[lermontov]

Nanny rules usually come because the kids were dying too often.

or because bureaucrats who have no understanding of scuba diving make uniformed and heavy handed decisions based on fear driven recommendations

 

[Shasta_man]

Probably a little bit of column A and A little bit of column B

 

[Julius SCHMIDT]

Interesting note, Brisbane's bridge and one of the 127mm gun mounts were removed from the ship prior to scuttling and installed outside the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

I've spent quite a few dives looking for this missing gun and can assure you it is still sitting pretty on the wreck

 

[HalcyonDaze]

I've spent quite a few dives looking for this missing gun and can assure you it is still sitting pretty on the wreck

Which one? She had two single Mk 42 127 mm gun mounts (one fore and one aft).

HMAS Brisbane (D 41) - Wikipedia

HMAS Brisbane (D 41) - Wikipedia

 

[Pressurehead]

HMAS Brisbane II Archives | Naval Historical Society of Australia
I served on the sister ship HMAS Perth.

 

[happy-diver]

Well how's that

EX HMAS BRISBANE no bridge two guns

EX HMAS PERTH one bridge one gun

What happened???????

 

[clownfishsydney]

One gun is certainly outside the Australian War Memorial and the Bridge is also outside but the inside of the Bridge is part of the interactive experience.

 

[Searcaigh]

I dived ex-HMAS Brisbane on the 2nd December 2016 and this was near the bow i.e. the front gun.